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Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Rollercoaster (possible BFP and c/p mentioned)

I apologize for the radio silence these past few days. A lot has been going on, and I wanted to be sure before I said anything. I also didn't want to jinx it.

After my post the other day at 9 dpo, I had a temp drop below the coverline, and then my temps shot back up. I was still having cramps and creamy/EWCM, but started to get my hopes up when my temps stayed high. (No, I did not mark the EWCM on my chart, because when I did FF took my CH away. But I had it from 8 dpo on.)

I also have had some serious nausea these past three days, and I even vomited a little yesterday. I have never had this happen during the 2ww before, and was trying really hard not to get my hopes up. And, my boobs are sore and feel like rocks.

Then, last night, I got this (click to enlarge):

Yes, that is a second line. It was very very faint, but definitely there.

Of course, once I saw the line, I dipped another test. I PIAnotherC, and that urine looked darker, so I used it for the second test instead of the same urine from my first test. BFN. Then I dipped another test in the original urine, but that test didn't seem to have much dye in it as even the control line was pretty light. BFN #2. I gave up and waited for this morning, to test with FMU.

This morning (12 dpo), I fully expected to get another BFP with FMU. But instead I got BFN #3.

So now I don't know what to think. The "BFP" line was pink, not gray, and wasn't an indent like I've seen others on TTCAL say they saw with evap lines or bad tests. Also, the line was there before my urine evaporated, and it faded as the test strip dried. So I'm really hesitant to call it an evap line. I have also never remotely seen anything that looks like an evap line on a Wondfo HPT or OPK, and I've been using them for almost a year now. So I really don't think that's what it was.

I was feeling cautiously excited until this afternoon, when the EWCM really picked up and I started having brown spotting. I am still spotting now, and starting to pass some dark brown CM/tissue so I'm guessing whatever this was, is about to be over. I am still holding out a sliver of hope that tomorrow will bring a darker BFP, but I'm not holding my breath.

So it looks like either I got a somehow got a false BFP (on a brand notorious for never having false positives), or I'm possibly having a chemical pregnancy. :-(

Amazingly, I am not really very upset (yet). I don't know if I'm secretly holding out hope that I really am pregnant, or if it just hasn't sunk in yet, or if I'm relieved that at least if it was a c/p, that means me and DH were capable of getting pregnant again.

1 comment:

I had the same thing happen to me on a similar brand (the ones in my blog picture) with one of the iui's, a pink line that took forever to appear, but stayed pink and obvious. I think it was a false bfp. Out of the hundreds of other tests that I took, it was the only one. That is why I always do a couple of tests if I get a bfp, all on the same urine, to confirm. IT is very very expensive though... REally sorry that it wasn't this month.

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I'm a twenty-something wife to my wonderful DH. After more than a year of waiting, we finally started trying for our first child in January 2010. We were thrilled to discover we were expecting in May 2010. Sadly, we lost Baby M at 7 weeks in June 2010. Three chemical pregnancies and a diagnosis of Recurrent Pregnancy Loss followed. In March 2011, we found out we were expecting Baby C, and she was born that November. We are so in love and so thankful for our little miracle!